Vakyapadiya Verse 1.40-41

Sanskrit

इदं पुण्यमिदं पापमित्येतस्मिन् पदद्वये । आचण्डालं मनुष्याणामल्पं शास्त्रप्रयोजनम् ॥ ४० ॥

चैतन्यमिव यश्चायमविच्छेदेन वर्तते । आगमस्तमुपासीनो हेतुवादैर्न बाध्यते ॥ ४१ ॥

Transliteration

idaṃ puṇyamidaṃ pāpamityetasmin padadvaye | ācaṇḍālaṃ manuṣyāṇāmalpaṃ śāstraprayojanam || 40 ||

caitanyamiva yaścāyamavicchedena vartate | āgamastamupāsīno hetuvādairna bādhyate || 41 ||

Translation

40. In order to decide what is good and what is bad, all men, including the lowest, have very little use for scripture;1

41. One who has recourse to Tradition which shines uninterruptedly like the ‘I’ consciousness cannot be diverted therefrom by mere reasoning.1

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